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Milk dessert with strawberries and pistachios – cilekli güllac

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Ingredients for 8 servings:

  • 4 sheets of dough (Güllac)
  • 85 g sugar
  • 500 ml whole milk, fresh
  • 4 tbsp pistachio cream
  • 15 strawberries
  • 4 tbsp pistachios, unsalted
  • some strawberries for garnishing
  • 1 tbsp rose water, as desired

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Rest time approx. 2 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 30 minutes

Place the milk and sugar in a small saucepan and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Then heat gently, but do not boil. Transfer the milk syrup to a large, shallow bowl. Briefly dip the pastry sheets into the warm milk syrup to soften them. Place 1/4 of each pastry sheet into the serving dish. Slice the 15 strawberries. Arrange a few strawberry slices and some pistachio cream on the pastry sheet and cover with another quarter of the pastry sheet. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 2-3 hours. Serve garnished with pistachios and strawberries.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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